Comments on: The Best Games Writing of 2008: Part 1

By: Rev. Stuart Campbell

Rev. Stuart Campbell — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:28:17 +0000

The Wong article is from 2004, not 2008.

By: The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:10:25 +0000

[...] of best writing, we’re perhaps getting a little meta. Let’s ignore that and press on. Simon Parkin compiles his annual list of his favourite writing on games of the year. If you’ve been following games discourse over the year, you’ll have read some of them. [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:09:28 +0000

Hmm, for some reason I expected Wong’s article to be about the current economic break down having an impact on the gaming industry at large, potentially causing another crash. Guess it was speculation based on retrospection instead?

Excellent list anyway. It’s sad that I’ve never come across the sites these articles were published on in all my time spent on the Internet. Well, except Edge.

By: Simon Parkin

Simon Parkin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:22:03 +0000

Ah – thanks Robin. I’ll amend that too.

Yeah I think you’re right about Wong’s piece in a sense. I don’t agree with either his nor Stu Campbell’s position but I do think both are interesting and, at very least, Wong’s piece is also entertaining.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:51:24 +0000

Good list, with the exception of David Wong’s piece, which is a) a couple of years old, and b) feebly, inconsistently argued rubbish under a veneer of self-deprecating humour. His back-of-a-fag-packet maths and ridiculously selective examples look pretty silly now, especially in the light of the glut of quality games we’ve seen in 2007 and 2008.

BTW Charlie Brooker worked for Dennis, not Future. (/pedant)

By: Best Games Writing of 2008

Best Games Writing of 2008 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:17:28 +0000

[...] Parkin at Chewing Pixels, however, has no problem highlighting the pieces he has enjoyed this year. Part 1 is up today. I’ll let you know when he’s [...]